Andrus Ansip, Estonian Prime Minister says he cannot relate to people who propose to evict troubled countries, for example, Greece from the eurozone. He urges to remember about the financial situation their neigbour Latvia faced two year ago.

In July 2011, the total foreign trade turnover at current prices comprised LVL 1131.6 million – 7.1% or LVL 74.8 million more than in June 2011. It is 25.3% or LVL 228.5 million more than in July 2010, according to provisional data of the Central Statistical Bureau.

Crude oil futures fell after the chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve gave a speech that failed to come up with new steps to boost economic growth. The dollar climbing sharply also contributed to oil drops.

Russian aircraft flying to Latvia as well as the European Union are in a good technical condition and they are checked regularly, says Maris Gorodcovs, director at the Civil Aviation Agency. He is refraining to comment on the technical condition of planes flying within the airspace of Russia.

One of the reasons why the association Harmony Center is concerned with how to name events of 1940 is natural fear that certain politic forces could bring de-occupation to light again, says Nil Usakov, Harmony Center's candidate for Prime Minister post.

Compared to the second quarter of 2010, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is up 5.6% in the second quarter of 2011, while growing 4.6% in the first half of 2011 versus the same period a year earlier, according to the seasonally non-adjusted data of the Central Statistical Bureau.

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